Regional Police Ensure Security and Public Order in Papua Remains Conducive

Papua Police Chief Brigadier General Pol Patrige Renwarin. (ANTARA)

SENTANI - The Papua Regional Police (Polda) ensured that the security and public order (kamtibmas) conditions in the jurisdiction of the Papua Police are still conducive.

Papua Police Chief Brigadier General Patrige Renwarin and Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command Major General Rudi Puruwito accompanied Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Ribka Haluk, Acting Governor of Papua Ramses Limbong, Chairman of the Papua KPU Steve Dumbon and Chairman of the Papua Bawaslu Hardin Halidin to review the voting at four polling stations in Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, and Keerom, Wednesday.

Papua Police Chief Brigadier General Patrige Renwarin in Sentani said that the voting process was still ongoing (maybe it had finished) and the situation was still conducive.

"We do not deny that in several mountainous areas of Papua and Central Papua there have been prominent incidents, but so far it is still conducive," he said.

According to the Regional Police Chief, although prominent incidents occurred in the Papua Mountains and Central Papua Provinces, they could still be resolved persuasively.

"Security forces can still overcome the prominent incident with a persuasive approach so that the voting process can run smoothly," he said.

He explained that in the Papua Mountains and Central Papua Provinces, almost 99 percent of the voting system is still customary or the noken system.

"Almost the majority still use the noken system in the Papua Mountains and Central Papua Provinces," he said.

He hopes that the public will be able to accept the results of the voting for the governor-deputy governor of Papua, regent-deputy regent, mayor-deputy mayor throughout Papua.

"The public must be able to accept the results of the 2024 Pilkada while maintaining the security and public order situation in Papua," he said.